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The development of concepts of economic and social inequality
Author(s) -
Leahy Robert L.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
new directions for child and adolescent development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.628
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1534-8687
pISSN - 1520-3247
DOI - 10.1002/cd.23219904608
Subject(s) - inequality , poverty , social inequality , politics , psychology , positive economics , social change , development economics , sociology , social psychology , economics , economic growth , political science , mathematical analysis , mathematics , law
With increasing age, children explain wealth and poverty by referring to individual differences in work, effort, and intelligence rather than social‐structural or political factors. Such explanations of inequality support a belief in a just world where the “losers” are viewed as obtaining their just due.
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